Judas the Party-Pooper

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Peace in this world is not for the faint of heart, but the heart of faith.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One, Vast One,

Surely you are bigger than we can ever imagine. To encompass the vastness of the universe, you must extend beyond its limits. You are infinite, so beyond all spatial measuring.

We cannot grasp your magnitude, so we make use of analogies of size – a mountain, an ocean, the starry heavens – to get a hint of your grandeur.

Is there a point to this? First, since you are larger than anything else we can imagine, and since you are with us and for us, there is no problem so large that it cannot be overcome with you. And second, nothing else is so large that it should claim our ultimate loyalty. We should have no other gods before you.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Oh, go fly a kite, Judas. You're such a party-pooper to leave us before the Passover meal is over.”

[I'm positive He didn't say it this way when Judas ate and ran.]

D. Blog: Another Female Criminal Apprehended

Tammy Elaine Wells, 41, of Goodman Road, Asheville, charged with embezzlement. According to the arrest warrant, Wells embezzled $8 from Wal-Mart in Weaverville where she worked. She was released under $5,000 unsecured bond.
--Asheville Citizen-Times, 9-19-09

[Comments: 1. $8 qualifies as embezzlement? 2. Wal-Mart involves the police in this? 3. Why not simply fire her and deduct $8 from her final paycheck? 4. $5,000 bond, when something like this around here usually gets a promise to appear in court? 5. Snide aside: something at Wal-Mart is worth $8? 6. Just when Wal-Mart's image had been improving for me, something like this comes along. 7. How long would she have to work at Wal-Mart to earn enough to repay what she embezzled? etc.]